Andy Walker

[biggordy 0]

The club has got more important things to be doing than responding every time that wee shite bumps his gums. The only thing worse than people talking about you, is nobody talking about you.

 

Is there not a PR Department who's job it is to deal with this kind of thing ?

[kuznetsov 0]

Is there not a PR Department who's job it is to deal with this kind of thing ?

 

our pr has been non existant for many a year. the whole world know we are an easy target and can freely spout any lies they wish about us.

[stewarty 1,877]

Walker's intelligence shining through. Its just as transparent as Keevins and Delahunt's line of "you can choose to believe what you want", even when those pesky things called facts provde your belief to be a pile of shyte.

[GovanAllan 0]

You can't combat this pish unless there is a Rangers man in the studio at the same time, these people are cowards who only come out with this pish when they can't pulled up for it.

[kuznetsov 0]

You can't combat this pish unless there is a Rangers man in the studio at the same time, these people are cowards who only come out with this pish when they can't pulled up for it.

 

both old firm clubs used to be in instant contact with other phone in shows in the past when their help was needed on certain matters. if these shows are spouting lies then i expect, or rather, it is our clubs duty, to defend itself. we must have staff employed to fight this bile. ignoring them does not work.

[Blue Moon 1,114]

William Poole blogs on this very subject today.

 

Time for Rangers to Step Up

 

 

In the last week, blogger David Leggat and Rangers site Vanguard Bears have exposed several agendas against Rangers, as has my fellow blogger Chris Graham. The fact that Rangers fans are learning some more details of said agendas obviously has to be a good thing, but this information is currently being constrained to Rangers fans’ websites, when it should be front page news.

 

 

Firstly, we have the details of those Daily Record news office who have been displaying a hatred of Rangers that should be seeing all Rangers fans boycotting both the Record and their sister title the Sunday Mail.

 

 

Vanguard Bears named Record Editor Allan Rennie as the newsroom editor that held his head in his hands as the FTT judgement was released, with David Leggat also naming News Editor Kevin Mansi as the individual who shouted “It’s a fvcking Government conspiracy” upon hearing the judgement.

 

 

Rangers have already taken the Sunday Mail to task about their shameful reporting of a complaint to the Armed Forces with regards to Rangers remembrance day activities, but in case the message from Rangers is too subtle, and I think it is, these two rags are actively trying to destabilise Rangers, and the sizeable Rangers support should be forcing change at these newspapers.

 

 

Let’s be absolutely clear, having Celtic fans running a newspaper should not be an issue, if they can display at least a professional level of objectivity that the job demands. The Record and Mail are not in that category.

 

 

When Celtic took umbrage at the Record’s reporting of their “thugs and thieves” night out in Newcastle many years ago, they didn’t issue a statement on a website and leak some info to a blogger. While they have been rumoured to use Celtic Quick News or Phil MacGiollabhain to get information out there that is too hot to handle, when they really need to do so, they will go for the jugular.

 

 

In that instance, Celtic flagged up on their screens to their crowd to boycott both the Record and the Mail, and pressured the Mirror group in to apologising, and what has followed has been years of capitulation by both titles.

 

 

While I appreciate Rangers leaking info to Leggat or Graham, there comes a time for the club to be direct and get the message out loud and clear in an unambiguous fashion.

 

 

It is time for subtlety to be rejected in favour of a bold new direct approach, particularly with two other issues that have arisen in the last week

 

 

The SFA Arbitration panel has rejected Rangers rights to transfer fees for players who refused to TUPE over from one registration holder to another, following advice from SPFA lawyer Margaret Gribbon.

 

 

Like several other questionable committees and panels set up to deal with Rangers in the last 12 months, this one is at complete odds with the promises of transparency that Stewart Regan made on his appointment, with the identities of the 3 man panel kept secret. Leggat asks if Peter Lawwell of Celtic was on the panel. Rangers should publicly ask the same question, and ensure that the question does not go away until it is both answered and proven.

 

 

If Lawwell was on that3 man panel which has effectively prevented Rangers from being paid to the tune of £10M+ f0r the players, then that is as clear a conflict of interests that there can be. That would not just be blogworthy but would, if true, be worthy of national front page news.

 

 

Likewise, the involvement of Celtic lawyer Rod McKenzie (blogged about here http://williampoole.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/the-spls-kangaroo-court/) should be headline news and questions being asked again

 

 

When previous questions were asked about his involvement, the SPL dismissed claims of a conflict of interest, with a remarkable claim that McKenzie was only involved at a low level to gather paperwork.

Then the tribunal was delayed as McKenzie recovered from a car crash. Now he has recovered sufficiently to attend, he was in his place at the rescheduled tribunal this week.

 

 

For a low level paper gatherer, he sure has been afforded some level of importance by the SPL, and Nimmo Smith’s tribunal.

 

Again, this odd set of circumstances has been identified by Rangers fans and put to various journalists aswell as the SPL, to a wall of silence.

 

 

This is where Rangers as a club need to step in and publicly challenge the SPL’s agenda and inform them that Scottish Football is not ready to move on until this agenda is halted.

Saying it in a room, or leaking information to bloggers is not enough

 

 

If nothing else has become obvious in the last year it’s that Rangers are by far the biggest club in Scotland, with the biggest and most loyal support.

We have the power collectively to halt this agenda and move all of Scottish Football forward together, but that cannot be done alone by a small number of internet supporters, and the only people that can bring along the vast majority of the support are Charles Green and his board.

 

 

Green’s statements on Rangers TV or on the Rangers site have been great for what I would call phase one of establishing Rangers as a force to be reckoned with in terms of PR. Now there needs to be a phase 2, with more direction, and with subtle hints of legal action to Rangers detractors, being replaced by real and tangible action.

 

 

If not, there is a real risk of the club being seen to be full of hollow threats and left as vulnerable as ever.

 

 

In an ideal world, people like myself, Leggat, Graham, and the various contributors to Rangers fan sites and fanzines would not need to spend such considerable effort fighting these agendas. The club have the power, and always have had, so they should use it.

 

 

Bill.

 

 

Posted by William Poole at 12:14

Edited February 1, 2013 by Blue Moon

[Max Rebo's Big Blue Nose 0]

I think the club should respond to these sorts of things.

 

These people are blatantly using public platforms to peddle their own agendas.

 

Can you imagine the outrageous indignation that would emanate from the East End if they were on the receiving end of this constant stream of shit? I'll tell you what it wouldn't be happening.

 

Our previous weakness in defending the club has made us an easy target for these jumped up, talentless little nobodies. The prerequisite for jobs on mainstream radio in Scotland seems to be a predeliction for sinking the boot into Rangers.

 

I would tend to agree with you about this but is Radio Clyde still a "public" platform? Is it not just a sounding board for the mad Mhanks to moan about Rangers? I presume not many Rangers fans listen to the Clyde open line now rendering it utterly pointless IMO in terms of balance.

[GovanAllan 0]

both old firm clubs used to be in instant contact with other phone in shows in the past when their help was needed on certain matters. if these shows are spouting lies then i expect, or rather, it is our clubs duty, to defend itself. we must have staff employed to fight this bile. ignoring them does not work.

 

One way to stop it cold and that's for Rangers to tell Radio Celtic to shove its money and don't let them inside the front doors.

[stewarty 1,877]

Interestingly though, Green's strategy is to step away traditional sources of media content and to drive it all in-house. Assuming it was an attractive product and reasonably priced, you could well see the majority of original content stemming from the club itself. All these radio stations, newspapers and pundits with their vindictive agendas would instantly be side-tracked. And what's more, their jobs would be under threat as their consumer numbers dwindle to just the hooped hordes.

[kuznetsov 0]

I would tend to agree with you about this but is Radio Clyde still a "public" platform? Is it not just a sounding board for the mad Mhanks to moan about Rangers? I presume not many Rangers fans listen to the Clyde open line now rendering it utterly pointless IMO in terms of balance.

 

they still have a huge audience in the west of scotland though. regardless of what we think as rangers fans, ssb is a very popular show.